Midrats
Navy Milbloggers Sal from "CDR Salamander" and EagleOne from "EagleSpeak" discuss leading issues and developments for the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and related national security issues.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 566
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
Episode 451: A Navy of the Gilded Age, with Scott Mobley
The last quarter of the 19th Century, the Gilded Age, was a period of breathtaking change in society, technology, politics and industry. This rapid change helped drive the intellectual and institutio…
01:05:26 |
Sun 26 Aug 2018
Episode 450: 33rd Under Secretary of the Navy, Thomas B. Modly
Eight months in to his tenure as the 33rd Under Secretary of the Navy, our guest this week will be Thomas B. Modly.
We'll cover the bold-faced items including his background prior to his appointment a…
We'll cover the bold-faced items including his background prior to his appointment a…
00:36:24 |
Sun 19 Aug 2018
Episode 449: Ethics, Professionalism, Education & the Military Professional
A military is not an amorphous mass, but a collection of individuals each who can make decisions in their professional role that can have great impact, both positive and negative, well beyond their i…
01:03:34 |
Sun 12 Aug 2018
Episode 448: AI, Machine Learning and Their Future Role in Military Operations
The future has been with us for quite awhile now, but the intersection of advance manufacturing, Moore's Law, and data storage are bringing to the front capabilities that for decades were found only …
01:06:26 |
Sun 05 Aug 2018
Episode 447: The Changing Landscape for the Military Journalist with Sam LaGrone
Especially in the last two years, those reporting on defense issues in the United States have seen a significant change in access to people and information compared to the relatively open environment…
01:07:55 |
Sun 29 Jul 2018
Episode 446: July Maritime Natsec Melee
NATO, Russia, the Chinese Navy, Australia's pocket fleet of the future and a potpourri of other issues that come across the transom - it's Midrats Melee!
Open topic, open phones and we'll be trolling…
Open topic, open phones and we'll be trolling…
01:04:30 |
Sun 22 Jul 2018
Episode 445: How Small Ships Can Make a Big Navy Better
Building off our discussions from last week's Midrats, our guest this Sunday will be Lieutenant Joshua M. Roaf, USN to discuss part of the solution to improving the professional performance of our Su…
01:00:45 |
Sun 15 Jul 2018
Episode 444: The Slow March to FITZGERALD & MCCAIN, with J. C. Harvey, Jr,.
The conditions that brought us to the series of events in WESTPAC in 2017 did not happen over night. They did not happen in one PCS cycle, or under one command climate. Layer by layer from many sourc…
01:03:52 |
Sun 08 Jul 2018
Episode 443: Marines in the Offensive Against ISIS
In the last few months a lot has been written about learning how to fight a conventional land battle again after years of a focus on counterinsurgency. Fighting against an enemy who is holding territ…
01:05:11 |
Sun 01 Jul 2018
Episode 442: Midrats Mid-Summer Free For All
We're back live to catch up on all your maritime and natsec issues bubbling to the surface this summer. From the migrant crisis in the Med, Russians in the high north, to the infrastructure crunch in…
01:02:50 |
Sun 24 Jun 2018
Episode 441: Father's Day With Stephen Roderick
For our Father's Day Best of we will replay an interview with Stephen Roderick, author of, The Magical Stranger: A Son's Journey into His Father's Life. Rodrick is a contributing writer for The NYT M…
00:34:19 |
Sun 10 Jun 2018
Episode 439: American Strategic Myths Through the Lens of Star Wars
There is a long and successful record of fiction, especially science fiction, being instructive about history, human nature, and the eternal course of events.
Fiction, of course, gets its inspiration …
Fiction, of course, gets its inspiration …
00:47:14 |
Sun 03 Jun 2018
Episode 437: Fighting the Great War at Sea, with Dr. Norman Friedman
As we approach the 100th Anniversary of the end of the First World War, it is good to reflect back on the impact of WWI on the growth of our modern navy, and the echoes it has to the present day.
For …
For …
01:09:45 |
Sun 20 May 2018
Episode 435: STEM and the Education of a Navy Leader
The majority of our officers come from two sources, NROTC and the United States Naval Academy. The Navy has a policy a bias towards STEM majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) to the poin…
01:03:10 |
Sun 06 May 2018
Episode 433: Reform, Readiness and the Navy's Path Ahead, with Dr. James Holmes
How is our Navy making progress in adjusting how we man, train, and operate our forces following the series of lessons identified in the wake of 2017's series of mishaps that left ships damaged, repu…
01:05:29 |
Sun 22 Apr 2018
Episode 431: Turkey Moves in the Syrian Civil War in Afrin
As the Islamic State Caliphate's territory in Syria is shrinking to just a few isolated pockets, rebel force opposing Assad lose more an more ground, and Kurdish led forces solidify lines, another ch…
01:03:45 |
Sun 08 Apr 2018
Episode 430: Captain Thomas J. Hudner, Jr. USN
Captain Thomas J. Hudner, Jr. USN will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery this week. In his honor we will again run an interview we did early in Midrats' run.
His is a holder of the Medal of …
His is a holder of the Medal of …
01:00:13 |
Sun 01 Apr 2018
Episode 429: Making Sense of Natsec's Madness with Phil Ewing
If you've lost lock during the news-cycle Imbroglio on what is important in the national security arena, then you need to take an hour out and spend an hour with us for a few from the eye of the stor…
01:03:19 |
Sun 25 Mar 2018
Episode 428: Battleflags, Korean Battles, and the Joys of Unexpected Archeology
Put yourself in the shoes of a museum curator. You have the funds to conduct some much needed preservation on battleflags captured by the US Navy from the War of 1812. To do that, you have to remove …
01:02:08 |
Sun 18 Mar 2018
Episode 427: Midrats March Madness ... well, mostly Navy talk
Now that we're near the end of 2QFY18, it's time for another Midrats Frer-For-All!
Just Sal from the blog CDR Salamander and Eagle1 of EagleSpeak covering the latest developments on the maritime and n…
Just Sal from the blog CDR Salamander and Eagle1 of EagleSpeak covering the latest developments on the maritime and n…
01:02:07 |
Sun 11 Mar 2018
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